Measuring air pollution with 50 shirts of grey
WDCD Live Amsterdam 2017: Activation Session Report
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Damn the Rearview Mirror!
WDCD Live Amsterdam 2017: Activation Session Report
Waterproof Futures
WDCD Live Amsterdam 2017: Activation Session Report
A wind-up toothbrush and a self-illuminating kitchen drawer
WDCD Live Amsterdam 2017: Activation Session Report
Techno Morality
WDCD Live Amsterdam 2017: Activation Session Report
Show Me Data
WDCD Live Amsterdam 2017: Activation Session Report
Check Your Hidden Impact!
WDCD Live Amsterdam 2017: Activation Session Report
Pyramid of Technology
Participants experimented with a brand new workshop methodology developed by the Next Nature Network
Closing the Loop
Activation Session where participants were invited to consider a design all the way from sourcing to production to use, in order to find ways of making the process circular.
Hovering between hope and despair
WDCD Live Amsterdam 2017 Report: Day 2 plenary sessions
‘No doubt that we need design to solve mankind’s problems’
WDCD Live Amsterdam 2017 marked the kick-off for a two-year exploration of the topic of climate action.
It’s time for a Ministry of Creativity & Climate Affairs
WDCD Live closes off with a manifesto directed at politicians around the world
‘We need a Ministry of Creation & Climate Change’
WDCD-founder Richard van der Laken calls for more influence of the creative industry on political decision making
Three more reasons to attend WDCD Live Amsterdam
Association of Dutch Designers (BNO) to host the BNO Circle Sessions on circular design
On pop-up cities and shrink-wraped cucumbers
Athenaeum recommends #2: reading list for WDCD Live 2017 attendants
Design for waterproof future and plastic-free oceans
Water is the main topic in two of our activation session during WDCD Live Amsterdam
The future is bright, thanks to designers
WDCD’s new publication ‘Good News for the Planet’ presents 31 brilliant ideas for climate action
Learn from floating plants in the Amazon
Victor Affarosão Paulo based architect and WDCD speaker Marko Brajovic leads biomimicry workshop in the Amazon
Good news from the world on wheels
Carbon free trains, electric buses, self-driving on-demand car service: the future is bright in public transport
‘Together we have real developing power’
WDCD teams up with IKEA Foundation and Autodesk Foundation for Global Climate Action Challenge
Restaurant of the heart receives families in need
Tawlet, the restaurant in Beirut set up by food activist Kamal Mouzawak, offers families in need the pleasure of dining
Fighting deforestation with drones and phones
Peter Gabriel’s WITNESS to train Amazon inhabitants to record illegal logging
Business has a lot to gain from remanufacturing
Circular business expert Nancy Bocken studied remanufacturing strategies for European Remanufacturing Network
Learn how to design for the circular economy
Activation sessions at WDCD Live Amsterdam will inspire you to help shape the economy of the future